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THE INDIAN ADVOCATE354ral) Ranald S. Mackenzie, Fourth cavalry (Afangomhcuic,"No index-finger," on account of the loss of that fingerwhom the Comanche already knew to their sorrow, with adetachement of his regiment, after repelling two attacks, surprised a large body of Cheyenne and their allies in a canyonnear Red river Texas, destroying over a hundred tipis andcapturing their entire camp outfit, with over fourteen hundredhorses and mules. This was the severest blow the Indianshad yet received. On October 9, Colonel George P. Buell,Eleventh infantry, struck and destroyed a large Kiowa campon the Salt fork of Red river, and fight days later CaptainAdna R. Chaffee, Sixth cavalry, surprised and destroyed another camp north of the Washita, the Indians fleeing withoutattempting a defense.As a result of these succesive losses the Indians becamediscouraged, and early in October the Comanche spnt messengers asking permission to come into the agency. Permission being given, Tabina'naka, White-wolf, and Red-food,with their people, started in and were met on Elk Greek bya detachement from Fort Sill, under Major G. W. Schofield,who received their surrender and brought them in to the fort.Others came in a few days later and surrendered, making inall about four hundred Indians with about two thousandhorses. Other Comanche and Kiowa in small parties continued to come in, the men being imprisoned under guard asfast as they arrived. Big-bow was allowed to go back to induce the Kiowa to come in, and was successful, returning inFrebruary, 1875, with Lone-wolf, Red-otter Apcn-guadal'),(Tsa'tfatt'at'H), Dohasan, and Poor-buffalo, and their people,who were met on their way in by the interpreter, PhilipMcCusker, and some friendly Comanche, to whom they surrendered their arms and horses. Poor-buffalo and his bandhad been enrolled among the friendlies, but had fled at thetime of the agency fight. This left only a few of the Kiowaout, and these also came in soon after. In the meantimesmall bodies of Cheyenne were coming in and surrender-